Young Kharkiv

Young Kharkiv

Young Kharkiv is an NGO founded by historians in Kharkiv. The initiators of the project „A Wounded City“ are: Svitlana Telukha, Yevhenii Telukha, Anton Skyrda, Iryna Skyrda and Yevhen Mikhnov. They are currently building up an archive of interviews with contemporary witnesses to document the changes brought about by the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine and Kharkiv in particular. Eleven of these interviews are presented on Copernico.

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Interview with Vladyslav S.

"Everything in Kharkiv is great, no matter what it is."

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Interview with Kateryna I.

“We can buy everything, but not life”

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Interview with Liudmyla K.

"We have put our heart and soul into it for 30 years. We planted berries and fruit there. And now it's all gone."

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Interview with Valerij S.

"The positive moments are when there’s news associated with the gradual liberation of areas of Ukraine."

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Interview with Anton S.

"When I started volunteering, that’s when I got my daily routine under control."

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Interview with Anton D.

"At the moment, I'm dreaming of doing the things we haven’t been able to do because of the war."

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Interview with Andrij K.

"I know that I won't be able to go to my favorite places for the next few years. That hurts and makes me very sad."

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Interview with Mykola S.

"And we tried not to forget that we have to eat and drink and go shopping sometimes.”

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Interview with Yevhenii T.

"At night, the sky is almost always glowing red. In Leningrad they have white nights, we have red nights in Kharkiv."

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Interview with Oleksandr K.

"We talked about how it might be the last time we would see our neighborhood intact before it would be destroyed by war."

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Interview with Oleksandra I.

"When an airplane flew past the windows and everything was burning and roaring, then you knew it was time to run."